Democratic Party

The US Democratic Party is one of two major parties in the United States, the world's oldest active party in history since its 1828 foundation. It supports social liberalism, and it is rivals with the conservative US Republican Party. There have been 15 Democratic presidents, the most recent being Barack Obama. Democrats support issues like social justice, welfare, the right to choose, and marriage equity, and they have 44/100 senate seats, 188/435 house seats, 18/50 governorships, 832/1,972 senate upper chamber seats, and 2,344/5,411 lower chamber seats, fighting against the Republicans for control of the government.